Franny posts an eloquent critique of the Comics-As-Literature school of thought. Great points on collaboration, elitist comics pros, and with lines like: "Collaboration is the bread and butter of the low, mean, my-god-joe-the-teeth, Kryptonite, radioactive platinum, silver Spear of Longinus, Seduction of the Golden Innocent comics that I love", I couldn't help but raise a cheer in agreement! Do yourself a favor and read the comments for it, too, where the discussion continues.

Mike San Giacomo got his hands on the Ultimate Avengers animated movie, and has positive things to say. I'm heartened by the fact that this supposedly diverges from the story told in Ultimates season 1 --- not that season 1 was bad, but I want new stories.

And finally, Devon valiantly tries to muster a defense of Chuck Austen over at Seven Hells! The evidence thus far is sketchy at best. (Although U.S. War Machine was better than people think.)